Martha Funabashi, is a PhD currently working as a clinical research scientist at CMCC. She is also a CARL fellow and the co-lead study coordinator of SafetyNET – an international and multidisciplinary research team to support patient safety among spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) providers. Martha has a Bachelor’s Degree in Physiotherapy and a Master’s Degree in Neuroscience from the University of Sao Paulo – Brazil. She completed her PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Alberta under the supervision of Dr. Greg Kawchuk and her post-doctoral fellowship also at the University of Alberta with Dr. Sunita Vohra. Martha’s research interests and passion are on the SMT’s biomechanics, underlying mechanisms, force-time characterization and its safety aspects. Martha has 26 peer-reviewed scientific journal publications, over 40 conference presentations and is on the editorial boards for peer review journals, such as Chiropractic and Manual Therapies. Martha has won research prizes, including the New Investigator Award at the World Federation of Chiropractic Conference 2017 and works in collaboration with emerging and well-known researchers around the world.
Dr. Funabashi’s email is: MFunabashi@cmcc.ca
See Dr. Funabashi’s publications at researchgate.net.
Here is a list of the articles Dr. Funabashi and I discussed on the podcast.
| 1. | SafetyNET Community-based patient safety initiatives: development and application of a Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Survey. |
| Funabashi M, Pohlman KA, Mior S, O’Beirne M, Westaway M, De Carvalho D, El-Bayoumi M, Haig B, Wade DJ, Thiel HW, Cassidy JD, Hurwitz E, Kawchuk GN, Vohra S. | |
| J Can Chiropr Assoc. 2018 Dec;62(3):130-142. | |
| PMID: 30662067 [PubMed] Free PMC Article | |
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| 2. | Tissue loading created during spinal manipulation in comparison to loading created by passive spinal movements. |
| Funabashi M, Kawchuk GN, Vette AH, Goldsmith P, Prasad N. | |
| Sci Rep. 2016 Dec 1;6:38107. doi: 10.1038/srep38107. | |
| PMID: 27905508 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article | |
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| 3. | Does the application site of spinal manipulative therapy alter spinal tissues loading? |
| Funabashi M, Nougarou F, Descarreaux M, Prasad N, Kawchuk GN. | |
| Spine J. 2018 Jun;18(6):1041-1052. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2018.01.008. Epub 2018 Jan 31. | |
| PMID: 29355792 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] | |
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